i would. never dream of. russia decides against selling its defense missile system to iran the chief of staff of the country's armed forces says it falls under the weapons bad by u.n. sanctions on tehran. territory of dialogue one territorial dispute hundreds gather in moscow to decide the future of the north pole for details from the international arctic form stay with. feeding the starving and fragile middle east peace the big issues in the big apple for the u.n. . world leaders are in new york tackling poverty and hunger the middle east peace corps ted calls upon israel to extend a freeze on settlement construction we bring you all the updates from new york and head in the program.

you're watching r.t.e. coming to you live from the russian capital welcome to the program now let's go to our top story moscow has scrapped plans to supply its advanced air defense missile system to tell ron the chief of staff of the russian armed forces says it falls under the weapons ban by the latest u.n. sanctions on iran without a live to r.t.c. you go lou or hi there you go or now can you give us details on this decision by the russian military. well first of all this deal between russia and iran was signed back in two thousand and seven and is estimated to cost around eight hundred million u.s. dollars. one hundred. aircraft defense system.

and since then russia hasn't yet actually shipped not one human it's all b.s. three hundred. air defense systems and now according to the people of russia general staff you go and modify russia is not going to ship any since in july the united nations security council have passed the fourth. set of sanctions against iran and now being included the shipment all ordinary armaments to the country as well including anti missile. and to sell india aircraft defense systems so now russian authorities are saying that they comply and respect the resolution itself the united nations security council and that's why they are not going to ship any of the as three hundred fifty to her own however the contract still hasn't been canceled and feel saudis are saying they're waiting for iran's reaction on this but the final decision is going to be taken by the president obama the significance of this decision for moscow tehran relations. well. i suspect

it's definitely going to affect the relations between the two countries the question is how it's going to affect them since the relations between mosul integrand over the years have been quite complicated and did go through a lot of ups and downs just recently russia built and then and then helped start the bush era nuclear power station a peaceful power station in iran in this project was monitored by the by a but now moscow is saying that it's not going to supply these arms to iran so. we'll just have to wait for iran's reaction to see what's going to happen they both russia's military cooperation with iran has been a long bone of contention in washington d.c. now do you think this could this bad to bring russia closer to the u.s. . well surely the military called gratian all this kind between russia and the. the

who ran was strongly criticized by the united states for quite some time and so it is unlikely that washington is going to applaud this decision by moscow not to send these not to sell these asked three hundred air defense systems around and just get within the context of the resetting open relations which both must go in washington have been up to since barack obama became the president of united states there have been possible positive tendencies in the relations just just with the signing of these dziedzic arms reduction treaty or with the cooperation in the northeast sector as well russia's defense minister has recently announced that moscow is finding to actually find some forms from the united states and also there's strong cooperation in the space industry just for the space station itself and russia is also shipping and building and selling rocket engines for american

rockets we still haven't heard an official reaction from washington on the moscow's decision not to sell these weapons to iran but like i said really expect that they're going to welcome ok thank you very much that was yeah gorky's canal bringing us the latest on russia's decision to stop selling air missile systems to iran now moving on to next story leading scientists and politicians in moscow are in moscow trying to break the ice over the top natural riches of the arctic they're meeting to work out what's best for the future of the north pole and are things cutting out of what is at the forum now got to the north pole is a seemingly impossible different place that doesn't belong to any one country so what's the arctic conference looking to discuss. my tests and mostly when you talk about it aren't a good thing that they are right now the most frequently is of course in that resource the work they did in the sea that's been many try to treat already met the migration to figure. exactly who is going to get the ball on those resumes of

course while gas minerals and fish there are so much in there that was previously untapped and now in many countries where of course the biggest contenders with the coast promenade contenders russia the estate canada and two of the scandinavian states they all want a big piece of the pie the bigger the better but so far the negotiations do seem to be going rather well with all of the sides agreeing to talk it out to submit their claims to continue developing and investigating the area the choice of course and often limited or staking out a specific part of the area as their home so the energy race is definitely on but so far it seems to be a very civilized discussion that needs to add figuring out exactly how to extract those resources from the region without harming its french out logical system while there certainly seems to be much at stake with all the untapped oil resources but

is that the only matter being discussed at the forum. not at all that too big for this or very big agenda and of course one of the issues that it is focusing on is how to preserve the. eco system that exists in the north pole and how to deal with the very stern of that very fragile ecosystem that is there to deal with all these logical problems and that is why there are many people here in moscow today politicians scientists researchers all kinds of people basically throwing out ideas on the table and to talk more about what those ideas have been whether any of them have ever been any good our team got the chance to talk to mr al you know in praise of work with the arctic specifically chairing the air national guard experience committee thank you so much for being here it's a pleasure to live so far from what you've seen and heard here in the conference today to. in fact there had been

a sally ideas or suggestions pollstar and i think the most important thing about this is that the idea of a dialogue which has been tabled now by russia for almost a year and the idea was for civility had there for meaning was three in the spring what the word dialogue is in it the idea that we work together we figure a common solution possible and we've just also finished a big study and publish the results of my governments are saying in that study first music existing agreements like this they don't tell us the law of the sea because in there are ways in which we already as a nation have been through these things ratified so out to two hundred miles we have certain things if we go beyond that there are rules and regulation of how you do that any international maritime organization has about rights of access and how you operate ships in these regions so there's really good infrastructure but it's not within exploited and it ought to be so that's one of the things that has to be done that other is strengthening the arctic council to be the policy shaping body

but it has restricted itself to certain things that it hasn't done oil and gas it is spoken about ecological aspects of the issue of exploration has not been dealt with even what i would call security and this human security konami securing the actual security those are all things that need to be talked out in the arctic council because it is really the enterprise business. governments at the level of the ministers of sort of here to me certainly have the right and right in the representing our nation and it's got the presidents of the six indigenous people who are good good good as a whole bunch of what we call official observers some of which are other countries like germany. so there's a place to talk this all out i consider to be establishment of this as a realist a big signal of russia says we're prepared to take the next step and conversation that i've heard so far in this morning's session simply because this is me that's why so many tests while some skeptic. it's already say it's walking on thin ice

trying to decide the future of the arctic the people that we've spoken to here yourself and it is my very optimistic so hopefully this will just be the start of a very good thing so to say it's a complicated issue of course the church of the north pole but the people here in moscow do see very positive things about usually that it's only. thank you for that that was gutted he knows a lot of our reporting from the international arctic forum in moscow now the president of vice and all the four ragnar's says moscow was playing a key role in settling the arctic dispute by deciding to host the international forum. because become one of the most crucial parts of the world. because of the end it's your resources that can be a problem in the arctic because of climate change because of the opening up of the new cedar so therefore it is very important that we have constructive dialogue with the corporation brush by both my country and the other countries in the arctic got

one of those researchers and scientists to conduct their own corporate with russia in a very constructive way so this forum in my opinion is a very strong and positive signal for russia. that if the corporation and they don't do. coming up the gridlock that muscovites hoping to break the traffic habit and what better time to do an international car free day but will wednesday's after it's be enough to help scrap traffic jams and pollution we investigated just a few minutes. world poverty and previous pledges to eradicate it are in shelf focus at the u.n. summit and also in new york the middle east peace quartet met to when courage israelis and palestinians to commit to peace earlier an israeli security guard shot dead a palestinian man in east jerusalem sparking riots israeli police fired tear gas to disperse the protesters out of the sea you're talking about has more on the peace

negotiations and all the issues facing politicians at the u.n. summit. holding talks on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly the middle east peace quartet which consists of russia the united states the european union and the united nations has israel to extend its freeze on settlement construction in the west bank and gaza palestinians have said that israel can forget about direct talks if this moratorium is not extended and with these to go before the deadline of the moratorium israel has already said it is refusing to extend this moratorium. so now the clock is ticking and after being on and off and on and off again direct talks between these rallies and palestinians did not take place for as long as two years and actually took place for the first time in two years earlier this month now meanwhile the united nations millennium development goal summit has also been taking place back in the year two thousand world leaders

had agreed had agreed on a set of eight targeted goals which they hope to meet by the year twenty fifteen and these include things like eradicating poverty and hunger in the world a very difficult task and so far results have been mixed especially considering the difficult economic situations that many countries are faced with right now and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was giving a speech at the summit he i was line that russia had donated as much as eight hundred million dollars to developing nations in the last year alone and interesting an important point that he had made is that he calls upon countries to not try to ask other nations to impose unilateral economic sanctions against other nations take a listen to what he had to say. which we concerned about of the units who measures of restraint forcibly introduced by some states against developing countries exceeding in the u.n. security council charts are we sure this practice contradicts the efforts of the

millennium development goals and has to be stopped but sometimes to resolve the issues such in the un charter the world community has to resort to such measures like economic sanctions. now foreign minister sergei lavrov did not mention countries names but of course we know that the united states was pushing nations to impose unilateral economic sanctions against iran even after the united nations security council had imposed a fourth round of sanctions against the country there have been a number of protests taking place in new york city the biggest one of them we're expecting will take place on thursday when mahmoud ahmadinejad addresses the u.n. general assembly and many more speeches and events are taking place throughout the week among them a meeting of the five permanent members of the security council plus germany on iran and of course we will keep our viewers posted on all the latest details. now let's have a look at other stories making headlines around the world a bomb blast in the green kurdish town of mahabharat has killed at least ten people and injured many others most of the victims are women and children the attack

happened during a military parade as the country marks the thirtieth anniversary of the iran iraq war no one has claimed responsibility so far but officials point the finger at kurdish separatists. u.s. senators have walked and attempt to repeal the law banning gay people from serving openly in the military the democrats fell short of the sixty votes needed to overturn the don't ask don't tell policy that was introduced in the clinton era it allows homosexuals to serve in secret but expels them if their sexual orientation becomes known something which president obama promised to change in his two thousand and eight election campaign. china is calling for japan to immediately release the captain of a fishing boat who was arrested in disputed waters premier wen jiabao is threatening further action if his demands aren't met the chinese vessel allegedly rabun to two japanese patrol boats near taiwan a fortnight ago the crew were detained leading to beijing to suspend high level

contact with tokyo. a death row prisoner in virginia is due to be the first woman to be put to death by the u.s. in five years after the supreme court rejected a stay of execution teresa lewis conspired to kill her husband and stepson to get an insurance payout worth a quarter of a million dollars judge has rejected her lawyers appeal that she has severe learning difficulties. mexico is battling against a new tropical storm battering the north of the country just days after being hit by heavy rains and flooding in the south at least fifteen were killed by tropical storm karl while a number of people are still missing after hill collapsed onto a highway outside the capital further heavy downpours are expected in what's already been the region's worst really season on record the threat of more flash floods and mudslides remains high. now today is the day when the car is certainly

not the star as you're supposed to leave it at home international car free day originated in switzerland in the seventy's but is being held in moscow for only the second time stacey bivins reports from the streets of the russian capital. consider the raid in russian capital in the gridlock behind me it's frustrating but it's typical for moscow motors they experience this kind of rush hour several times throughout the day but if you ask organizers of the international heart free day at this event it's been a failure they'll say no but they weren't expecting every driver to leave their heart and how it's not realistic at that point was more about what made the public. good that was the pressure a lot made to make sure that these problems. rose to prove that the structure the force of this event say that there needs to be. not only for us

to have a taser but there also needs to feel better technology so that it can be comfortable and timely and that if you can make all the front page more appealing to people for four years that i'll be happy you spoke to some people where this is just one thing here i believe that this is something that they've dedicated their lives to take away. when this cyclist isn't pedaling the pavement he's hopping on to public transit to get to and from work keeping his car parked reduces his carbon footprint and keeps his environmental conscience clear and road rage to a minimum because it sucks that our process just the environment is highly negative because every once in a hurry you get bars and things like that as you bake you on the contrary relax until tensions and you reach your office much faster. the world wildlife fund wants more motorist to opt for the green round as part of car free day their national salute to the environment draws participants from more than fifteen hundred cities

and forty countries every september moscow has taken part for the second time and some public transport is happy price better use of natural resources and cleaner air are at the heart of the move. listen it's just one problem let's look at another with more than three million drivers registered in moscow a low traffic gets so bad stuff that sometimes it feels better to walk but it does to drive. the car. so supporters of the international car free day and moscow hope that they. will get more people out of their cars in odd timbo it's a public transportation. for years alexander morozov has been putting pressure on city government to improve the tram system but with millions pounding on to cram transportation daily he says a comprehensive plan is needed to make travel more comfortable timely and more attractive to potential commuters i believe it should be the complex policy of

subway some way boston show a bus and. subway in the rural south are no not included in the transfer in the c. chip he's asking city leaders to transfer funds from the road budgets to invest in more tram lines and in better technology so that more people like constantine will be passengers instead of drivers. for more news features and blogs log on to our website r t v dot com and here's a taste of what you can find online right now so you can some the spiritual guidance discover more about but a seven southern russia with obama was lived there for almost twenty years. and american scientists may be tickled tastebuds but their core courting controversy with a genetically modified psalm and find out more online at our dot com.

a little later peter lavelle and his guests discuss israel's relationship with iran and that's in cross talk coming up in less than ten minutes but first it's business update with charlotte. hello welcome to the business program with me charlayne is folly so is of luxury cars in russia a boom mic the high end of the market has grown over thirty percent this year compared to just three percent for the sector as a whole and one of the beneficiaries has been rolls royce the marquee brand owned by b.m.w. so i three fold increase in sales in the first six months of the year and joining me now to discuss its plans for russia is the c.e.o. of rolls royce thorsten miller thank you very much for joining us today now your sales have tripled in the first six months of the year in russia how can you explain this increase two different reasons one reason is we recently launched the

ghost which is of a newer model and which access those through a new process meant the other reason is definitely that the whole business is picking up and this is also helping us quite a lot and how important is the russian market for the company when compared for example for other emerging regions such as china very important because we see here a great potential for luxury cars you can see that bailey when you drive here through moscow and for that reason i'm a clear believer in the russian market our dealer recently has invested a lot of money in his new showroom also showing his commitment here to that market there are lots of positive signs there as a moment and what are your forecasts for the high end of the russian work forecast my personal for cost. plus twenty percent for the luxury car market here in the russian market but at least our sources. how did the financial crisis impact your business or we had of course some impact where we suffered last year

minus seventeen percent downturn in our business but which is compared to what other brands and competitors. experienced this quite a good momentum but we still have even in crisis times which souls' shows also that cross royce is a very stable brand in the market and in particular here in russia what are the most popular models. we recently see quite a lot of demand for a newer model here but very strong always is the phantom power super luxury saloon especially in his extended wheel base version and russia is also a very good market for us regarding the phantom coupe which is also a very much dr oriented car from source model cars as a as that changed if we look back over the last ten years is that kind of choice changed i would say what have changed is that the now see a lot of these bulking which means how you can individualize euros troy's goes into

the interior of our cars people spend quite a lot of money into the interior making that interior to be most a luxury and to the up most of their personal choice for a car the testimony that i thank you very much frank it with as a bit our thanks a lot. let's have a look at the markets now and european stocks are sliding reversing earlier games banks and leading markets lower on concerns over the pace of the global economic recovery following choose days report from the federal reserve lloyds is shedding two point three percent on the foot sea this hour but miners are lending some support in the higher gold price and here in moscow markets are in the red this weakness in banking stocks is dragging on the indices with spare bank shares even one point two percent in the my sex gazprom is also suffering there are also a common back in the downward trend up a third of a percent this hour. now in other news russian still make

a seven dollars reportedly planning to spin off its gold assets and list the new company on the london stock exchange the financial times newspaper says the offering may take place later this year and could be worth as much as four billion dollars citing people close to the company the paper that severstal will retain a seventy percent stake in the gold unit severstal has been expanding its portfolio of gold assets in a series of acquisitions including the recent purchase of canada's crude gold meanwhile bullion prices are currently at record highs as investors use the precious metal as a hedge against economic uncertainty and inflation. the market for retail financial services in russia is still under developed the bulk of people living here have no private pension plan hold no insurance or any other form of investment product this is unlike more developed economies where nearly everyone insures their home many insure their life and health and hold private pensions under a debian you pay and director for corporate and partnerships with

a view russia explains why. the russians are buying less insurance than the average people do in europe the problems of the same probably in russia in addition we have the following problem so the trust in financial institutions are the lowest ability of the economy is almost as high as people would like to have they don't plan long term they don't have traditional investing long term and also financial institutions and the developed in the sense of this deal could be more products a better regulations and better solutions for percussionists. and that show up they can always buy most or even a website ati dot com flash business. close-up

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